Exercising-machine.



F. E. PATTERSON.

EXERCISING MACHINE.

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1,137,349. Patented Apr. 27, 1915'.

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' FRANCIS E. PATTERSON, 0F WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.

EXERCISING-MACEINE.

To all whom it may concern Beit knownthat I, FRANcrsE. PATTER- sov,acitizen of the United StateS, and a resident of Wilmington, in thecounty of "New Castle and'Sta-te of Delaware, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Exercising-Machines, of whichthe following isa specification.

Myinvention relates to improvements in exercising machines and moreparticularly player should grasp the grip of the club at' its upper endwith the left hand, the little finger of the right hand, which is placedbelow the left, overlapping the forefinger of the left andiin making thebackward swing, both'hands are raised, the left in control,

approximately, to the level of thev right.

shoulder. l The stroke delivered from this position s a sweeping one andat its finish both hands are raised above the left shoulder.

In lifting the club to beginthe backward swing the two extensors carpiradialis', long and short, passing from lower part of upper arm to elbowand wrist,'on thumb side, are brought. into playand when the club isfully raised the lefthand is, as before stated, approximately atv thelevel of the right shoulder. The club is now swept downward and thetriceps extensor, the muscles of the shoulder group, of the shouldergirdle group and. the lower back muscles are brought into f play, and atthe instant contact of the club head with the ball, a snappy or whippingtorsional motion is given, to the stroke by the use of the extensorcarpi ulnaris, passing from elbow to wrist on little finger side. Thestroke is then practicallycompleted but there is an after swing dueto'the momentum acquired and during such swing restraining muscles, arebrought intoplay.

The object of this invention is to provide an exercising deviceadaptable to the various peculiar movements of a golf stroke and use- ISpecification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 2'7, 1915. Applicationfiled January 27,1914. Serial No. 814,609. 7

fill in developing and strengthening the particularmuscles used in thegame of golf.

to exerand fur- Y The purpose of my invention is cise and develop theabove muscles, ther, by means of a grip that canonly be graspedconveniently in one position, my 1nvention is intended to instruct theoperator in the proper method' ofgrasping the club to obtain the bestresults in practice, and to bring the aforesaid muscles into play.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, and inwhich similar letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout theseveral views: Figurel, is a diagrammatic view of my apparatus aprangedto exercise and developthe muscles used in lifting the club preparatoryto making the swinging stroke: Fig. 2, a similar view showing thearrangement of the'apparatus for exercising and developing the musclesused In making the first; or downward part of the swinging stroke:Fig.3, a similar view showing the arrangement of the apparatus forexercising the muscles brought into play at the moment the ball isstruck by the club: Fig. a front elevation of a spring actuated drum fortaking up the slack of the cord: Fig. 5, a section of the drum on lineC'D Fig. 5, and Fig. 6 a section on line A-B of Fig. 4: Fig. .7, a topview of molded grip adapted to be grasped by the hand of the exerciser,and Fig. 8, a view of this grip as grasped by the left hand.

{Thisigolfers exercising device comprises in its essential features aflexible member under tension and having one end free and a golf clubgrip connected inalinement with the free end of said flexible member.The flexible member is extensible by any suitable means, the means shownfor this purpose be ing a, mechanical tension device with which one endof said flexible member is connected. The flexible member is preferablya cord.

1 In the embodiment herein illustrated, 1 is a cord, 2 a pulley aroundwhich said cord passes, and 3 a rotatable retractive carrying means forone end of the cordwhich permits it to be extended when its free end isdrawn upon and whichgathers it up iinmediately when tension upon itsouterendis relieved." For my. purposes this cord'carrying means shouldexert a substantially uniformpull upon the cord at all times, that is tosay the pull exerted upon the cord by this retractive device should besubstantially'the same when r the cord is fully wound upon the spool andwhen partly or fully withdrawntherefrom. To this end the spool 5 iscarried loosely upon a shaft 6, which is carried in any con-.

venient manner, and a coil spring'Z'is fastened at one end'to this shaftand at the substantially uniform .retractive pull upon "the spool as thelatter is'revolved and the cord drawn ofl. This is. important in that iThe object of-my invention' is to reproduce as nearly moved in anydirection as desired, This 'cord between the grip and spool, w aroundthe pulley 2 or more adjustments which V p as may be the efiectofswinging a golf club. In the embodiment shown-theconstruction of thespring to effect thesubstantially uniform retractile pull thereof is agradual increas's'inthickness of said spring from its in'ner endattached to the shaft 6 to its outer end attached to the barrel 5, asshown in Fig. 5.

Thegrip 8 has substantially the form of a golf club grip and one endthereof is'connected with the free end of the cord 1 and the; other endis whereby it may be grasped by the hand and passes whichis capable oftwo permit the operator to describe, with the shaft of the grip,

' two or more segments of the curve described hand as before by theshaftof the golf club in making the actual strok The greater the number ofadjustments the more nearly do the segments approach the actual curveand in this manner the muscles used in making the actual stroke aresuccessively brought into play. Three adjustments, or positions ofpulley 2, are shown in Figs. 1, spectively. v

Tobecome an expert player the upper end of the golf club should begrasped, if the player is a right-handed one, with the left hand, thestroke is delivered-with the left arm, and the right hand, which merelyguides the club, grasps it just below the left described. It is mostimportant that the left hand grasp the club properly and in order thatmy apparatus may instruct in this and at the same time develop thecorrect muscles, 1 model the grip so that the operator cannot wellvgrasp it in any but the approved manner. Upon its top the grip has adepression A which fits the thumb, and upon its sides and bottomdepressions B for the fingers and for the palm of the hand. These areshown in Fig. 7 and are, in fact, facsimiles of the impression formed insoft material by the hand of'an expert golfer.

In Fig. 8 the. grip is shown grasped properly '7 by the left hand freefrom any connection,

2 and 3 re- The grip 8 being 'attachedfto the cord 1 and this cordpassing around-pulley? and being attached to the tension device theapparatus is in readiness to beused; As 'I have stated before the strokeis a swinging one. This stroke for tion may movement, third an upwardmovement. In the downward and horizontal movements certain musclesof thearmand back are brought into play, andupon the upward stroke,"muscles ofthe forearinand wrist are used. v Thesehave been before enumeratedpurposes of descripj g be divided into three parts, first a "downwardmovement, second a"'l10 I1ZOI1t8,l

and on account of them theapparatus may be arranged, by shifting thepulley 2,.so as to exercise any of them which is doneby pulling uponthecord through the grip 8..

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and Patent:

1'. A golfers exercising device comprising a flexible member undertension and having a free end, and a golf grip having one end free andthe other 7 2. A golfers exercising device comprising a flexible memberunder uniform tension and having a free end,and a golf club grip havingone end free and the otherend connected with the free end of saidflexible member."

3. A golfers exercising device comprising a tensional holding device,aflexible member connectedtherewith and having one end free, and a'golfclub grip connected'with the free end'of said flexible member inalinement therewith. j

l. A golfers exercising device comprising desire to secure by fLettersend connected with the s 'free end of said flexible member.

a. ten'sional holding device adjustable into different positions for thesuccessive segments representlng a golf club swing, a

flexible member connected therewith and grip having substantially theform of a golf club grip, said grip having one end free andthe otherconnected with they free end of FRANCIS n. PATTERSON." 3

said cord.

Witnesses GHF. HOLMES, V

W'. 'D. THOMPSON.

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